Loneliness and health risk behaviours among Russian and U.S. adolescents: a cross-sectional study.
For some adolescents feeling lonely can be a protracted and painful experience. It has been suggested that engaging in health risk behaviours such as substance use and sexual behaviour may be a way of coping with the distress arising from loneliness during adolescence. However, the association betwe...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Fundació Sant Joan de Déu |
| Repositório: | r-FSJD. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica de la Fundació Sant Joan de Déu |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:fsjd.fundanetsuite.com:p12690 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://fsjd.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=12690 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24735570/ |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Adolescent Health risk behaviour Loneliness Russia United States |
| Resumo: | For some adolescents feeling lonely can be a protracted and painful experience. It has been suggested that engaging in health risk behaviours such as substance use and sexual behaviour may be a way of coping with the distress arising from loneliness during adolescence. However, the association between loneliness and health risk behaviour has been little studied to date. To address this research gap, the current study examined this relation among Russian and U.S. adolescents. |
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